Before you start

You have created a project and added some script. You can take a project and a script from the tutorial Getting Started.

Viewing quick definition

Quick definition is useful when you want to just view the definition info, without actually jumping to the location where a symbol is defined. For example, place the caret at the exception, and choose View→Quick Definition on the main menu:

You can follow links in the quick definition pop-up window, and then navigate back and forth using the arrow keys or left and right arrow icons.

External documentatin works by default for Python, PyQt4, PySide, gtk, wx, numpy, scipy, and kivy. However, if you want to view documentation for some other packages, for example, Pyramid, you have to specify it in the page Python External Documentation.

Viewing parameter information

This command shows the parameter information for a function or method:

Viewing context information

Finally, you can view in a pop-up window the beginning of the code block, where a certain symbol belongs. For example, place the caret at the exception, when the method declaration is out of the view, and press Alt+Q, or choose View→Context Info: